Regulations

III.
Applicants should
submit an abstract to the Faculty residential meeting. Please follow the
instructions on the Call for Papers.

IV.
All posters submitted with a trainee, medical
student, foundation doctor or SAS doctor as the lead author will automatically
be entered into the Poster Competition.

V.
Authors who want to
be considered for the Oral Presentation prize, should tick the relevant box.

VI.
Three assessors
nominated by the Faculty Chair will judge the posters and presentations at the
meeting.

VII.
Presentations will be
judged on clarity of presentation, time-keeping, originality of content,
relevance to meeting, methodology and clarity of ideas; for the oral
presentation quality of aids is an additional category.

VIII.
In the event that
none of the applications is considered to be of a satisfactory standard, no
award will be made.

Closing
date

Please email your submission to the CALC team around 3 months before the meeting (check Call for Papers
for Faculty residential meeting)

The Neuropsychiatry Faculty has
established this prize to raise the profile of neuropsychiatry and to encourage
medical students to pursue further study and professional training in this
area.

Prize

£250 plus subsidised attendance at the Faculty annual meeting

Frequency

Annually

Eligible

All medical students in the UK. To be eligible, the applicant must be a medical
student on the day that they are entering the essay, and this can be before the
deadline. No joint entries are permissible.

Regulations

I.
Eligible
students are invited to submit a review of up to 5000 words. This should take
the form of a systematic review. The review topic will be announced each
year. 2019 topic: Brain damage and criminality - facts and myths

II.
The
review should be the candidate’s own work.

III. Applicants must provide a letter of support
from their supervisor.

IV.
Submissions
should be submitted by email. The
reviews will be judged by a panel of three Faculty Executive members. Criteria for judging merit will include:
following the recommended structure of a systematic review (described in many
websites e.g. https://www.editage.com/insights/a-young-researchers-guide-to-a-systematic-review);
clarity of expression; quality of critical appraisal; quality of the
conclusions. The Faculty reserves the
right not to award the prize if no entry reaching the agreed minimum standard
is received.

V.
The
prize will be advertised annually to Student Associates and medical schools.

VI. The prize will be presented at the Faculty conference in September. The
Faculty will provide a subsidised place for the winner at the Faculty
residential meeting and a mentor to help the student gain maximum benefit from
attending the conference. The winning
review will be published in the Neuropsychiatry
Faculty Newsletter.

Closing
date

Prize

Frequency

Eligible

Specialty trainees (CT1 - CT3 and ST4 - ST6), or consultants in psychiatry
(within three years of their first consultant appointment) in the UK.

Regulations

I. Submissions
should take the form of an original piece of work such as a research project, a
comprehensive audit or service evaluation, or meta-analysis.

II. Research
involving collaboration between workers, whether psychiatrists or in other
disciplines, may be submitted, but the prize may be shared between no more than
two eligible applicants. In each
instance where collaborative research is submitted, there should be a clear
indication of which parts of the research were undertaken by each worker and a
statement to this effect signed by all collaborating workers must be submitted.

III. Applicants
should submit – by email:

a)
A
paper presenting their research.
Submissions, which may include figures and tables, must not exceed 6000
words.

b)
A
current, concise curriculum vitae together with a list of appropriate
publications.

c)
Trainees
should submit a letter of support from their supervisor.

IV. Recipients
of the prize will be invited to present their work at the Faculty annual residential
meeting. The prize will be presented at the Faculty meeting. The prize examiners will be appointed
by the Faculty Executive. No prize will
be awarded if a sufficient standard is not reached.

Closing
date

The Faculty awards
bursaries annually to enable all UK junior psychiatric trainees (CT1-3, ST4-6),
SAS doctors, Foundation doctors (Psychiatry F1-F2), medical students to undertake an activity linked to
Neuropsychiatry and the Faculty’s strategic objectives. This can include
attending conferences.

Up to twenty bursaries
may be awarded, up to a value of £250 each, up to an annual total of
£5,000

The bursaries will be
advertised in announcements about Faculty meetings, the Faculty newsletter and
circulated to Student Associates.

Regulations

Applicants
should submit a covering letter (giving details of why financial support
is required and other sources of funding that have been explored) and
details of the activity that they need the funds for.

Applicants must provide a letter of support
from their supervisor.

All expense claim forms, together with all
original receipts and tickets, must be submitted to the Faculty Finance Officer
within four weeks of the conference.
Applications for reimbursement received after that time will not be
accepted.

Closing date

The
Neuropsychiatry Faculty has established an annual bursary to enable a
psychiatrist from a developing country (defined as World Bank classification C and D) to attend the Faculty Annual
Residential Meeting (usually held in September) in order to give an oral or
poster presentation or deliver a workshop.

The
bursary is intended to cover the cost of economy class travel, accommodation,
free registration and attendance at the Conference Dinner, up to a maximum of
£1,500. Informal mentors will be
identified for the bursary-holder to enhance their introduction to Faculty
members and their enjoyment of the meeting.

Regulations

I.
Psychiatrists
from developing countries who intend to present at the Faculty annual
residential meeting and wish to apply for the bursary should submit:

a)
their
abstract

b)
a
brief CV

c)
a
letter stating what financial help is required.
The letter should include details of any other sources of funding that
have been approached. Candidates should
also state how they believe their attendance at the meeting will benefit their
service and practice.

II.
A
decision-making panel of Faculty Executive members will make the award against
an agreed set of criteria.

III.
The
successful candidate should submit an expense claim form with all receipts
within 4 weeks of the conference. If an advance against the bursary is required
for travel etc., alternative arrangements may be negotiated with the Faculty
finance officer, but in all cases supporting documentation for the expenditure
will be required.

IV.
The
successful candidate will be asked to submit an article giving their feedback
on the residential meeting experience and any plans for disseminating their
learning in their home country. If
appropriate, the article will be published in the Faculty Newsletter.

V.
The
Faculty reserves the right not to award the bursary if applications received
are not of a sufficient standard.